The success of franchising relies on individual franchisees’ ability to evaluate and compare diverse franchise systems, prior to making an informed decision as to which franchise system to become a part of. Surprisingly, however, few forward-looking metrics exist for franchisees. I seek to fill this gap through my proposed Mitacs Accelerate internship project. My proposed […]

Peanut is one of the leading foods that can cause food allergies. An extremely low amount of peanut protein is sufficient to cause mild reactions in people who are sensitive to peanut. Over 90% of allergic reaction cases derived from peanut digestion are related to Ara h 1, a glycoprotein that comprises about 15% of […]

Depuis 2011, une plateforme SAL (Synthetic Aperture Ladar) a été développée et testée en laboratoire à l’Institut National d’Optique (INO). L’INO souhaite maintenant évaluer la possibilité d’utiliser un tel système d’acquisition pour des applications réelles de cartographie urbaine, notamment de modélisation 3D intérieure. Actuellement, les balayeurs laser (i.e. LiDAR) sont couramment exploités pour réaliser de […]

The proposed research project will conduct feasibility studies on the purification and conditioning of industrial, hemicellulose derived C5 sugars from a number of potentially commercial liquor fractions, derived from lignocellulosic biomass. In the first two Mitacs projects, enzyme hydrolysis showed considerable benefits over traditional acid hydrolysis for S2G’s bio-glycol production. However, relatively high enzyme loadings […]

Insurance companies seek methods for optimally pricing their policies to their customers. They must offer good value to their prospective policy holders, and yet remain competitive in a challenging market environment. This project will use modern statistical and data analytic techniques to help them achieve this. Based on policy prices and client-specific information, models will […]

CO2 is a greenhouse gas that impacts climate change. The Carbon Upcycling Technologies has developed a technique to attach gaseous CO2 molecules to graphite. In this project, this graphite will be converted to graphene using chemical oxidation methods. The one-atom thin monolayer graphene oxide will have potential applications in variety of industries, such as waste […]

Significant advances in technologies related to antibody discovery and development have allowed therapeutic antibodies to become the fastest growing class of biopharmaceuticals over the last 20 years. Northern Biologics is a biotechnology company that seeks to develop therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of cancer and fibrosis. Together with Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien at SickKids (University of […]

The company will further test and develop their algorithm that will assist a money manager in managing their stock market portfolio. The algorithm chooses the stocks to buy or sell based upon its analysis of the market and a number of other market and stock related data points. The performance of this algorithm will need […]

The British Columbia (BC) Seniors Advocate recently indicated that the government of BC needs to “commit to a higher standard of accommodation in residential care facilities” which includes 95% single room occupancy in long-term care (LTC) facilities. The proportion of adults age 65+ is growing, with the population increasing from 13.2% of the population in […]

In this project, two different “pre-processing” technologies will be used to fractionate lignocellulosic biomass prior feeding it to the fermentation process for ethanol production. These pre-processing technologies are thermal screw press and cellulose organic-solvent-based lignocellulosic fractionation. The efficiency of above mentioned technologies will be evaluated for sugar yields which are important for enzymatic hydrolysis and […]

The consumption of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)-rich eggs is associated with human health benefits because dietary PUFA reduces the risks of cardiovascular diseases, inflammation and cancer. Flaxseed is an excellent source of PUFA, especially linolenic acid. However, flaxseed contains anti-nutritional factors (i.e., cyanogenic glycosides, mucilage and phytic acid), which causes liver hemorrhage in laying […]

In some parts of the world, airport runways are not constructed and maintained to the standards expected in North America and Western Europe. Aircraft designed for use on smooth runways may not be certifiable when they are operated on rougher runways because the predicted load cases associated with landing and take-off are very different from […]